Improvement in fluting-irons



MARY NEWTON.

FLUTING-IRON.

Patented Nov.16,1875.

N. PETERS. FNDTO-LITHOGRAPH UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARY NEWTON, OF EAU CLAIRE, wisoonsmnssienon or ONE-HALF HER RIGHT TO.JAMES BARNETT, OF ORONOOO, MINNESOTA.

IMPROVEMENT m FLUTINIG-IRONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 170,105, dated November16,1875 application filed I September 11, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, MARY NEWTON, of Eau Claire, in the county of EauClaire and in the Stateof Wisconsin, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Fluting-Irons; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing bad to the accompanying drawings, and

to the letters of reference marked thereon,

making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementtogether of the several parts of a changeable fluting-iron, thepeculiarities of which will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, Figures 1,2,and 3 represent end views of the fluting-iron and blocks together, whileFig. 4 is a perspective of one of the blocks.

In the figures, A represents a flirting-iron, which is rounded, andcorrugated on its face, and provided with a suitable handle, '13. Theends of this "rounding and corrugated body are made inclined or.beveled, in such a manner that they may be used in connection with anauxiliary body, G, which is made longer than the body A, and providedwith dovetailed grooves on its upper side, into which the beveled endsof body A pass and fit. D represents a flat base of metal, which iscorrugated on its upper side, the corrugations being 1 madeto'correspond with those of the circular body with which it is to beused. I sometimes use V-shaped corrugations, and then half-round, andsometimes square ones; indeed, I do not confine myself to shape. It willbe readily seen that by having the auxiliary bodies 0 corrugated in anydesirable shape, and then having bases corrugated to correspond, I mayuse as many difierent forms as necessary with one iron. forms may beadjusted in a moment of time to the body A. The operation is simplyrocking the iron upon the goods to be crimpedl after being placed uponthe base of like corrugatrons.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A fluting-iron consisting of the corrugated plate A, with beveled ends,and the handle B, incombination with the auxiliary corrugated plate G,provided on its upper. surface with a dovetailgroove, substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this6th day of August, 1875.

MARY NEWTON.

Witnesses Lonnn, EDWARDS, WM. NEWTON.

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